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Larutaspis lithocarpi Takagi, 2005 (Diaspididae: Larutaspis)

Larutaspis lithocarpi Takagi 2005: 162. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Perak, Bukit Larut [Maxwell Hill], on Lithocarpus wallichianus, 10/7/1986, by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kuala Lumpur: Selangor Museum, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female test slender, thin, and white, with the exuvial casts yellow. Body elongate, attaining about 3 times as long as wide, flat on frontal margin, with free segments gently lobed; prepygidial derm remaining membranous; pygidium with apical sclerotized area on ventral surface produced anteriorly into a pair of slender prong-like extensions. Antennae near frontal margin, separated from each other by a space a little narrower than frame of mouth-parts,
Biology: Females occurring on the upper surface of the leaves, mainly on veins and beside the midrib. A few tricarinate male tests were also found on the upper surface of the leaves. (Takagi, 2005)
General Remarks: Description and illustration in Takagi, 2005.

Takagi2005: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 162-163, 173-174